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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-02
SPORTING.
PRIZE FIGHT.

A TwENTY-ROUND CONTEST BETWEEN
IKE WEIR AND WILLIE CLARKE.
LONG ISLAND CITY. N. Y, May IA
fight between Ike Weir of Boston, better
known as the "Beltast Spider" aud
Willie Clarke of Philadelphia, took place
last night up Long Island Sound. The
fight was to the finish, Queensbury rules,
with undressed kids, for $1,000. The
fight was in twenty rounds and
lasted one hour and twenty-three
minutes. The "Spider" knocked Clarke
down twice in he first round, drawing
the first blood from his nose. Weir also
made one clean knock down in the
seventh round, after which Clarke fought
entirely on his gameness, taking territi
punishment. Clarke was badly beaten
man. His face was badly cut up, while
! the "SPider" was scarcely marked.
Arthur Chambers seconded Clarke and E,
P. Holiske seconded the "Spider."-
In the second round "Tne Spider" in
striking Clarke on the top of the head. in
jured his right hand, and at the end of the
fight both his hands were crippled. These
injuries, together with Clsrke's gameness,
prolonged the fight Clarke was q very
light hitter, and "The Spider" upheld his
reputation of being an unconquerable
fighter at his weight.
In the seventh round after the knock
down by "The Spider" there was clinch
and at the break Clarke struck at his op-
ponent. This aroused "The SPIDERS
anger and he rushed at Clarke, driving
him over the benches which were used in
the place of ropes. In the nineteenth
round Clarke made desperate and game
rally but it was useless, as he was too
weak from loss of blood and his
hitting powers were almost entirely gone.
He struggled card, but it was too uphill
fight from the start to finish, he being
clearly overmatched. At the end of the
twentieth round Clarke's seconds threw
up the sponge, as their man was unable to
see, one eye being entirely closed and the
other nearly so, and too weak to come to
time. The opinion of the sporting men
present was that the "Sdider" could out
fight any man of his weight in the world
Al Smith was referee and Patsy Shepard
was timer.
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border, and as nearly as the responsible
ity can be traced the postmaster st Psso
del Norte, the little Mexican town
across the river from FL Paso, is the Off
cial who is TO blame. The consequence is
that newspapers sent by express. which
Is not delayed, Teach the City of Mexico
from one to two days ahead of the news
papers sent by mail, and that letters
from Washington to the City of Mexico
sometimes require twelve days for trans
mission. 1t is violation of the
existing postal treaties for the Mexi-
can postmaster at Paso del Norte, or
for any official of the Mexican govern
ment, to open sealed pouches until they
arrive at the City of Mexico. At that
point the Mexican officials, If they desire,
can examine the mail to ascertain whether
it contains dutiable goods. Upon inves-
tigstion it has been discovered that the
Mexican postmaster st PasO del
Norte not only opens these closed
pouches, but ''works over" the mail, thus
delaying it from one to two days in viols-
tion of postal treaty between the two
countries. 1t is probable that postal
agent of the United States will be sent to
FL Paso to confer with the agent of the
Mexican postal service at Psso del Norte.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-02
Havana Weekly Market.

HAVANA, May 1.-Sugar-The preten-
sions of holders, the tirmness of the
foreign markets and the diminishing of
Cuban stocks, all contributed during
the past week to cause shippers
to foreign ports to hold aloof,
but spectators and shippers to Spain
operated heavily owing to the unfavOra-
bic news from abroad. The market
closed weaker at nominal figures:
Molasses sugar, regular to good polari-
cation, 81 5O@2 90 gold per quintal.
MusCovado, fair to good refining, IS
@9O degrees polarization, 81 6S4@l 934
Centrifugal, 92@96 degrees pUlariza-
ton, in hogsheads, bags and boxes,
50 1902 POI.
Stocks in warehouse at Havana and
MaJanzas 27,500 boxes, $4,000 bags and
ZOO hogsheads.
Receipts for the week 240O boxes,
70, 800 bags and 1900 hogsheaGs.
Exports during the week 1900 boxes,
Is, 500 bags and 1I50 hogsheaus, of
which 27,500 bags and 704 hogshead s
were to the United States.
Bacon, S13 30 gold per cwt.
Butter, superior American, $26 gold pei
quintal.
Flour, SLIPS gold per barrel for Amer
lean.
Jerked beef, IS 90 gold per quintal.
Hams, American sugar-Cured, SIT gold
per quintaI for northern and S22 90 for
southern.
Lard in kegs $12. % gold per quintal; in
tins Sl3 so
Potatoes, nominal.
Empty hogsheads IS 625 gold.
Lumber nominal.
Shocks dull.
White navy beans S. % gold per quin-
tai
Chewing tobacco s25 90 gold per
quintal.
Hoops quiet; long shaved $42 90 gold
per 1000.
Freights quiet; per hogshead of sugar
loaGiug at Havana for the United States
81 25@2 so gold; per hogshead of sugar
from ports on the north coast (outside
ports) for the United States 81 30@2 IS.
Spanish gold So 274@2 274.
Exchange quiet but firm, on United
States, sixty days, gold 94@93 premium;
do short sight l04 premium; on London
2O3@20t premium; on Paris 54@5t pre-
MUM.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-02
Insanity of aFrench Gambler.

(Corresponder ce Of the Boston Transcript
OF all celebrities of the gambling world
few have been more celebrated than
Charles Leroux, who has just been struck
down by form of insanity which no
where occurs with such appalling fire.
quency as in this city of pleasure. Among
those whose minds 1t has destroyed of
late years, and to whom it has been the
signsl of approaching death, may be
mentioned Andre GilIe, the caricaturist,
and Nine. Missions first husband. 1t is
expressively termed here Ia fOlie des
millions. It's victims imagine themselves
as rich as CIesus, and act accordingly.
They write checks for fabulous amounts,
and commit every kind of prodigality.
They are frequently people who have
been rich, and who have lost their
reason by breeding over the re-
verses of fortune. Such was the
case of Charles Leroux. From
| being waiter who Wss not too
proud to accept 8 small pourbOire, he be-
came crOupier in one of the gambling
clubs, and while in this position q young
gambler, who has since died mad, lent
him so 900 francs. With this sum LerOuX
commenced business as lender to gam
| blers, which, in those days-the palmiest
of the empire-Was 8 most luCra-
tive one. Ten louis were lent for a
quarter of an hour and eleven were re-
turned. LerCux lent freely and left
| the question of interest to the generosity
of the borrower. His system answered
wonderfully, for he became the most
popular of lenders. Every gambler
looked upon him as a friend in need. He
must have made losses, but his gains
rendered them Insignificant. At the end
of year of this business LerOux, in
stead of ten louis, lent at q time.
He became rapidly rich, bought q
magnificent hotel, had eight horses in
his stables, and kept more servants than
some princes. If he had remained al
ways money lender he would have kept
his wealth, but the passion for gambling
seized him, too. The baCcaVst table and
the Bourse at length ruined him, and his
misfOrtunes proved too much for his rea-
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In Erath County.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

Correspondence Of the Gazette.
STEPHENvILLE, TEX, April 30.-Let it
not be said again that it never rains in
Erath county One Of the heaviest rains
fell here last night that has ever fallen
here, even before the drouth began two
years ago. The Bosque river overlooked
its banks, ard for hours was raging,
turbulent. foaming, seething torrent. a
two-horse hack of T. W. P. K'ncannon, a
lfveryman here, was returning from Wal
nut Springs last night about 10 O'Clock,
driven by colored boy. He drove into
the Bosque, and the current was so swift
and strong that it carried hack, horses
and driver down stream. The driver
managed to cut one horse out, but the
other horse and hack were lost. The
driver took refuge in a neighboring tree
and remained on his perch all night, as
his only safety. Hopes are high, and
prospects of good crops are dattering.
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A HAUNTED HOUSE.
A Newark IN. y Sensation

NEWARK, N. j., April 24-This city,
and especially the residents of the
Fourteenth ward, are greatly excited
over what are termed the visits of the
"Old Ghost" to large frame house which
has stood alone and uninhabited for
many years on q large plot of ground
near the coal Chutes of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. The return of his ghostship
was first noticed on Monday night, when
Fred Willett, who lives on the boulevard,
saw light in window on the north side
of the house. Though the blinds were
tightly closed, as they have been since
the house was last occupied, Mr.. Willett
positively asserted that the saw the rays of
bright light through the creVices in the
old wooden shutters. He thought it
strange, and thinking there was q posi-
bilitY of fire he stood and watched the
place until the light rushed from
the side of the house and ep-
peared at the front window. Then
there was q slight rumbling noise
as if caused by the moving of some heavy
article of furniture. Satisfied that the
old house was at last occupied he passed
on, but the next day he learned that the
building was still vacant. He then told
several intimate friends of what he had
seen and they decided to watch the house
Oh Tuesday night They did so, and all
saw the light and heard the rumbling
noise. They made no further il
vestigation, but took several 9th
ers into the secret and on Wednesday
night decided to scare the ghost or be
scared themselves. As no one was will
ing to force an entrance to the house,
they armed themselves with tin pans and
horns But the mysterious visitor WAS
not on hand promptly on Wednesday
evening, and at midnight the watchers
became tired and were about to
go home, when one of them saw
the light. 1t was watched for sey-
eral minutes, and then the party
marched to the window in which it could
be plsinly seen and began such a
racket as would scare almost anything.
In second the light disappeared, the
low, rumbling sound was head, and
then all was quiet. After a hasf hour g
blowing of horns and rafting Of tin pans
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-02
the party left the place, none the wiser

the party left the place, none the wiser
for their visit.
HISTORY OF THE HAUNTED HOUSE.
The house once belonged to wealthy
family, but passed into other hands, and
is now owned by a man who is in
Europe. It has been uncccupled for five
years, and IN that time has not
been opened. For q time it was in
charge of an insurance company,
but almost as fast as tenants were found
they gave up the house on some pretext.
The true cause of this was never learned
until the place was given in care of
George Hopwood. He went there to
live, with his wife and two grown
daughters. For the first month all went
we'll The members of The family began
to be awakened by hearing queer noses.
Some one would sppear to be
walking about the house, there
would be the rattle Of dishes,
then noises as If a banquet were
being given, then door would slam
and all would be quiet. Hopwood spent
several nights on the lower floor of the
house, but the noises were heard just the
same. Finally the matter became IN
bearable, and as his daughter could not
sleep at night, and as his wife declared
she would not stay, Hopwood sent word
to the company that the house was
haunted, and soon after moved away.
The building was then sold to its
present owner, and has since remained
unoccupied. "The haunted house"
became 8 subject of neighborhood Cos
sip, and for many months women, and
even men, went out of their way rather
than pass the house after dark. This
feeling of tear had wellnigh worn off,
but the occurrences of the last few days
have revived it again, and women row
refuse to pass the place even with an es-
cort, and many of them will not venture
from home after nightfall.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-02
WOMEN AS SPECTATORS.
Their Judgment Sometimes Discounts That
of Their Lord and Master,
New York Tribune.

New 1Ork Tribune.
There is some gossip afoat just now
about the success attending women who
take "fyers' in Wall street. Brokers say
that as a rule women have less idea of
what they want to do in they way of spec
ulating or buying securities than men
have. They go into it blindIy and trust
the broker, who is generally more care
full in giving them advice than with
his own sex. A broker showed Yesterday
list of securities that he was about to
deposit in the strong box of a safe de-
pOsit company for one of his feminine
customers, the value of which was al
most $4,000. The owner is the keeper
of q furnished-reom house uptown,
whose first Wall street investment
was made about two years
ago on a capital of $1,000. There
is medium-sized, black-eyed,
black-haired, active woman seen frequent
ly about Wall street in these days, whose
vOlubility Of tongue in discussing coal
and iron properties in the northwest and
the new south is frequently demonstrated,
who is said to have cleared $40 900 or
$4,000 in the last year. She is a "brok-
eress," who carries her Office in her
SdtCHeI anu IOOhS TOT customers among
her own acquaintance.
In talking about women who have dab
bled in speculation story is told of q
southern woman whose husband went
wild over the Tennessee Coal and Iron
stock last December, just before it had
the big drJp. The wife had brought her
husband a considerable property at
their marriage and generously turned
it all oyer to his disposition. Her
judgment was against the buying of the
stock in which he had become interested.
She had fair bank account of her own,
and when she found that he was deter
mined to buy the stock at q high price
she drew out every dollar she had and
sold the stock short. He came home three
or four nights afterward with a face
as long as the moral law and a DISPOSE
tiHn to commit suicide. 1t was
quickly changed to rejoicing when his
wife showed him note from her broker
announcing the closing of her transac-
tions with profit double the amount
which her husband had lost. He has
sworn of on stock speculation, and tney
sailed not long ago on a pleasure trip to
the BeTmudas.
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for perjury. These young men
denied having any knowledge of
the Christian cout ty regulators.
Enough testimony was brought out,
however, to find seven counts against
each of them for participation in the
Eden-Green murders and the whippings
of Johnson and Beatty. They were sent
to Jail in default of $4,000 bail. Dave
Walker, the leader of the regulators, was
indicted in about twenty cases outside of
the Eden-Green murders and Parsou Sim
mons, third officer of the Chadwick
Company, has nearly as many. 1t was
notorious that Walkers black horse and
Simmons red mare were conspicuous in
nearly all the raids. Sheriff Johnson is
having trouble finding the indicted men.
A number have left the country.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-02
A MAMMOTH STRIKE.
Three Thousand HOd Carriers and Labor
ers Out at Chicago.

ers Out at Chicago.
CHICAGO, ILL, May 1.-To-morrow
about 5000 bod carriers and Iaborers will
be idle here. They were ordered out
this afternoon at special mass meeting
by the Hold Carriers Union. A
strike of 5000 men has
oeen threatened, but according
to the reports received at the meeting l02
of the 235 employers have gran
ted the demands of the Union.
These employers will be furnished
with help, while such as have not &C
coded to the demands will
have to hire non-union men
or stop work. The bod carriers
are demanding an increa Sc of to 3 cents
on wages OF % to 25 cents per hour. The
meeting to-day was attended by fully
1000 carriers. Owing to the
fact that each of nearly a
dozen different nationalities had at
least a few hundred representatives
present the gathering was very lively and
lasted five consecutive hours.
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At Gran0uTy.
correspondence of the Gazette.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
GRANBURY, TEX, April 29.-Hood
county was visited tonight by the hesvi-
est wind, hail and rain storm that has
been witnessed in five years. The clouds
approached from the west and the wind
that was so severe came from the north
west. Our people will not be surprised
to hear of damage done in different parts
of the county as soon as the storm clears
away. Hood county was e drouth-
stricken county. She has no such pre-
sensations now; everything is growing
and prospecting finely, and the nearing OF
the Fort Worth and Rio Grande gives
Granbury prosperous presentation.
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a. Coleman.

Correspondence Of the Gazette.
COLEMAN, TEX. April 30.-At aoout6: 40
last night the most terrific sand storm
ever known in this country blew up and
lasted half an hour. Dense banks Of dust
and sand were hurled along at the rate OF
fifty or sixty miles an hour, and so thick
thatSt was impossible to see twenty feet
away. After the storm slightly abated 8
glorious rain followed. Half Of the tin
roof of Dunn & Wsrren's store was
blown entirely of during the sand storm.
Several small houses were blown down.
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The Mexican Postal Service.
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean

WASHINGTON, D. c, April 26.-There
are some delays in the transmission Of
the mails between this country and
Mexico which are the source of much
annoyance to American residents at the
City of Mexico, and of which complaint
has been made to our authorities
Thezeis an unnecessary and illegal delay
m the mails between the United States
and Mex CO of from one to three DAYS.
This delay occurs at the Rio Grande
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-02
non,1 Hawk. Shit. Oonrh.

Spdsr dizziness, Indigestion, infamma-
tfonof the eyes, headache, lassitude, ina.
bility t9,perform mental work and indis
position for bodily labor, and annoy and
disgust your friends and acquaintance
with your. nasal tKang and offensive
breath andyconstapt efforts to clean your
nose and throat, when Dr. Sage's."Ca.
tarEn Rem edy'' Rill promptly relieve you
of3discomfort and suhefsng and your
fs1ends of stfe Disgusting and needless
ia f1ictiogs' of your loathseme disease2
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-02
Damaged by the Storm

Specialize the Gazette.
PILOT POINT, TEX, May!l.-Reports
picked up yesterday from farmers are to
the effect that the wind storm of Friday
night worked considerable damage to the
Young cotton, and many are replanting;
also, trees and fences were leveled to the
earth. Fruit orchards were damaged to
some extent. Not only the trees were
broken down, but the fruit on others was
knocked off.
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at Meridian,
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
MERIDIAN, TEX, May 1.-The prohiOi-
ton picnic at Meridian yesterday was the
most enthusiastic occasion in the towns
history. The crowd numbering thousands
was gathered on the shady banks of the
woody river to hear the matchless Grain
of Cleburne and Berry of this county.
Everybody left happy and orderly. In
the evening some of the ants got on a
Whiz in the town and defied the civil
authorities and knocked down the
Marshal.
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At Waxahachie.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

correspondence UI EIt VdA6tI6'
WAxAHACHIE, TEX, April 30.-The
anti-prohibition convention met here to-
day in the courthouse at p. m. and was
called to order by w. II. Fears, J. C.
Gibson chairman and f. A. Rust seCre-
tary. The chair appointed a committee
to select twenty-six delegates to the
Dallas convention. Judge j. w. Ferris
then addressed the convention in short
speech, in which he endeavOred to make
it appear that he was not in favor of sa-
looms, but opposed prohibition. The con-
vention then adjourned.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-02
Inter state Regatta.

Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, May 1.-The second
day of the. Interstate regatta proved dis
appointment. A large crowd assembled
on the ground, but owing to the stiff
breeze the water was entirely too rough
for shell racing, and the principal events
were postponed until tomorrow morning,
when the programme will be filed at
Kuhn's wharf, so that every one may wit
ness the contest free of charge.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-02
NORTHERN PACIFIC WRECK.
The Heat Warps the Rails Way Up il
Dakota-SeveraI People Hurt.

The Heat Warps the Rails Way Up in
DakOta-SeveraI People Hurt.
STEELE, D. T., May 1.-The west
bound Pacific express on the Northern
Pacific jumped the track to-day at about
O'Clock, twelve miles out of the city
near Drscoll station, precipitating FIVE OF
it's seven coaches into ditch. The train
was running on heavy down grade at
the time. The heat of the sun, which
has been something unusual here at this
season, had warped the rails. The engine
and express car passed over safely, but
the five cars following lett the track and
turned bottom upwards in diCh. Two
coaches were loaded with two companies
of the Seventh United States cavalry
en- route for Fort Yates and BufOrd. The
other three were filled with emigrants
and first-class passengers mostly bound
for the Pacific coast. Following is list
of the killed and wounded:
Killed-W. 0. Breed, FsrebOult, MINI.
Wounded-C. H. Gray, Ellsworth Falls,
Me, cut in arm and head; Miss Glrtrude
Hill, BOzeman, NJ. T, badly hurt in
ternallY; Il. H. Scobel, Assistant Super
intendent Northern Pacific Telegraph
lines, legs smashed and doubts
of his recovery; Michael Nc
Carthy, Seventh Cavalry, seriously cut
in shoulders and collar bone broken; Il.
R. Scott, Seventh cavalry, jaw broken;
Joseph Kelly, Fort Buford, injured inter
nally but not seriously. DR.. John Har-
court of Steele was on the train but es-
capped injury and Mrs. Harcourt was
wounded. He telegraphed for his
brother, DR.. W. G. Harcourt, Chicago,
who was visiting here, and the latter was
at once conveyed to the wreck on a hand
car.
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at AledO.

Correspondence Of the GaLeJte.
ALEDO, Tex, April 30.-About 1890
O'Clock last night it commenced raining
and continued for an hour. Again at
2:3Oa.m., the wind shifted into the
north and the clouds poured forth their
blessings with all their might until $50
g. N.
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At BUrIesOn.


Correspondence of the Gazette.
BURLEsON, TEX, April 30.-As many
as six baby cyclones were started in
sight of here last night and one was strong
enough TO tear down s considerable
amount of fence and other light objects,
We had fine rain with some hail but 10
damage was done.
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Minnesota Hail Storm.

ST. PAUL, MINI, May AFTER day
of summer heat this section was visited
this evening at O'Clock by a terrific hail
rstorm which did much damage. The
hail stones ranged in size from q pea
to afull-grown goose egg, some OF the
largest weighing four ounces and nine
inches in circumference. Glass was
broken wherever exposed, that in the
tower of the state capitol being riddled.
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In General Debility, EmacIation, Con-
sumption, and wasting in ChiIdre 4,
SCOTS EMULSION of Pure Cod Liver OH
with Hypoph osphites, Is q m lst valuable food
and medicine. 1t creates an appetite for t0ed
stren9theDs the nervous syste m and builds up
the boy PleaseTead: Il tried Seotts Shul
times gave uphspe. Since he Began usffiS the
Enn5sion his se0uah has ceased, gssEed ezsa
and stren gthsapd from aHappesrsSGes his life
VAN, Hospital Steward, Morganza, Pa.